There are many kinds of snacks in Zhejiang, which give full play to the advantages of abundant food resources in the south of the Yangtze River. With rice flour as the main material, the ingredients are widely and finely selected, and various techniques such as steaming, boiling, frying, baking, frying, stirring and punching are used to form salty, sweet, fresh, fragrant, crisp, soft, waxy, loose and crisp snacks. From material selection to processing and cooking, each process has strict requirements, forming its own special craft. According to different seasons and fashions, there are all kinds of unique seasonal snacks and seasonal snacks, which look gorgeous. Let's take a look at the top 1 specialty snacks in Zhejiang, which are loved by locals and praised by foreign diners.

1. Wu Shan shortbread

Wu Shan shortbread is a traditional famous pastry in Hangzhou, with a history of 7 to 8 years. Wu Shan, the first point? . Its color is golden, it has been crisp and stacked, and it is shaped like a golden hill. It is covered with fine white sugar, crisp but not broken, oily but not greasy, fragrant and sweet, and crisp at the entrance. According to legend, more than 1 years ago, people imitated this cake with flour and oil crisping, especially the pastry served in Wu Shan scenic spots is more distinctive, with white color as jade, clear crisp layer, crisp and sweet when eating, and oily but not greasy, so it is known as? Wu Shan, the first point? . ? Wu Shan shortbread? It has also become a traditional name in Hangzhou and has been passed down to this day.

2. Jinyun sesame seed cake

Jinyun sesame seed cake, also known as barrel cake, is a traditional snack in Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province. It is said that it has a history of more than 65 years. Legend has it that Emperor Xuanyuan once made an alchemy in the furnace at Dinghu Peak in Jinyun Mountain. He was very focused. When he was hungry, he grabbed a piece of dough and stuck it on the wall of the furnace to bake. After the Yellow Emperor in Xuanyuan commanded the dragon to ascend to heaven, the local people used clay to imitate the Dan furnace of the Yellow Emperor, made pottery stoves and baked dough for eating. Later, this technique of pasting cakes in a pottery furnace and roasting mature cakes with charcoal fire was a unique traditional technique in Jinyun and Jinhua. Jinyun sesame seed cake is widely circulated, and the most authentic one must be Jinyun local.

3. Horseshoe (pine)

Horseshoe (pine) is a traditional snack in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. It was first born in the white elephant place in Yueqing during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty and was named after its hoof-like shape. It uses flour and brown sugar as the skin, and is stuffed with candied heart and bacon, Pat Ting Hung shredded melon, cooked sesame powder and osmanthus. It is a gourmet cake that has been favored by the public for more than a hundred years in Wenzhou. Specifically, it is a derivative or extension of steamed bread that is baked in an oven and looks like a horseshoe but tastes "loose". Its name is equivalent to "Ma Tishuang" in expression, that is, the attribute is pictographic and the suffix is taste.

4. Wenzhou fish balls

Wenzhou fish balls are mainly made of fresh fish. Authentic Wenzhou fish balls have three characteristics, namely, they are full of ingredients, tough and delicious. In 1998, "Wenzhou Fish Pill" was designated as one of the "Chinese famous snacks". Wenzhou fish ball is a traditional famous spot in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. It is a common snack food in water towns, which is different from fish balls made all over the world. The soup color is clear, slightly sour and spicy, and the fish balls are elastic, mostly irregular and long, and translucent jade white.

5. Xikou Melaleuca Cake

Xikou Melaleuca Cake, a specialty snack in Xikou Town, Fenghua District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, has the characteristics of fragrance, crispness, crispness and insatiability, and is quite popular among people. Although this cake is only 4-5 cm square and about 2 cm thick, it has 27 layers, hence the name "Melaleuca Cake". Melaleuca cake was made by Wang Maolong of Qing Dynasty in Guangxu for more than 1 years. It is made by mixing flour with taro powder, adding white sugar, refined salt, vegetable oil, sesame seeds, seaweed, etc., rolling out thin slices, folding them, cutting them into small pieces one inch square, and baking them in a special circular furnace made of yellow mud. Chew a bite, crisp and refreshing teeth, sweet and salty taste diversity, was rated as one of the three major specialties of Fenghua, Zhejiang.

6. Lotus Crisp

Lotus Crisp is a famous traditional snack in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. "Out of the mud but not stained" is a praise for the elegant and clean quality of lotus, which is made of crispy noodles. Shaped like a lotus, the crisp layer is clear, the view is beautiful and moving, the food is crisp and sweet, and it has a unique flavor. Lotus crisp is a fancy midpoint commonly used at banquets, giving people beautiful enjoyment.

7. Wenzhou Duck Tongue

Wenzhou Duck Tongue is a famous local snacks in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. It is a cold dish. The duck tongue is bittern and the wind is half dry. It is chewed in the mouth, full of toughness and quite chewy. Wenzhou people call duck tongue "duck tongue", not duck tongue. In Wenzhou dialect, the pronunciation of tongue is similar to that of losing money, but there are many businessmen in Wenzhou who think the pronunciation of "tongue" is unlucky, so they call it "duck earning".

8. Wheat cake tube

Wheat cake tube is one of the traditional snacks in Zhejiang Province. Belongs to the Dragon Boat Festival, one of the foods of long summer Festival. The wheat cake cones that Taizhou people eat are actually "spring rolls". Speaking of the wheat cake tube, it can't be traced back to Wenling, Taizhou. It is also one of the characteristics of Shipu (Xiangshan County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province), one of the six central fishing ports in China. It is one of the top ten specialty snacks in Xiangshan, also known as the cake tube. Every year, during the Dragon Boat Festival, long summer and August 16th of the lunar calendar, every household has to eat traditional food. The biggest feature is freshness.

9. Wenzhou beef offal

Wenzhou beef offal is a popular snack in Longgang district, Jiangnan district, Cangnan county. It has a long history, but there is no way to verify it. It mainly selects the most tough meat of beef buttocks, dices it, puts it in a pot and adds more than a dozen spices to cook it slowly for more than a day. The sauce color is the main color, and the more it is cooked, the more chewy it will be. It must be cooked with vinegar, Chili powder and onions. It is one of the few in Wenzhou.

1. Lard dumpling lard dumpling is a traditional snack in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. According to research, it started in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and has a history of more than 7 years. It is made of the first-class glutinous rice which is rich in the local area and made into skin. It is filled with fine and pure white sugar, black sesame seeds and high-quality pig fat. It has the characteristics of fragrance, sweetness, freshness, smoothness and glutinous. It bites open the skin, and is oily and glutinous but not sticky. In Ningbo, every family, men, women and children will eat Ningbo dumplings every morning on the first day of the first month to show joy, reunion and good luck. Some overseas Chinese always like to eat bowls of dumplings to express their homesickness during festivals.